Fernando Alonso has said that he does not feel it necessary for the
FIA to have appointed an independent observer to ensure that he is treated fairly by the
McLaren team at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix showdown.
The governing body, persuaded by comments in the Spanish media, acted in order to quell speculation that McLaren was poised to favour
Lewis Hamilton in the three-way battle for the world title, but Alonso has said that he sees no reason for the move.
"Not really, not really," he told the media at the first of the weekend's press conferences at Interlagos, "I probably don't agree with that decision but, you know, it's not up to us. I think, if they decide to do that, it's okay, but we don't need anything like that in the garage."
Asked, then, if he trusted the team to do right by him, the double world champion attempted to dismiss the reasons he gave for being unhappy with his qualifying performance in China - which allegedly led him to kick the door of the team's office off its hinges.
"I was disappointed with the qualifying performance," he said, "I felt it was a very strange result after Q1 and Q2, but we realised that the tyre pressures were a little bit too high and this can happen in any of the qualifying sessions, so I just want to think that it was coincidence and a little bad luck. This race should be okay."
Alonso also attempted to dismiss the reaction of team boss Ron Dennis, who was quoted as saying that the Spaniard was the real 'opposition' that he and Hamilton were fighting against.
"I was surprised [by the quote]," he admitted, "But it is difficult to say what is true or what are just normal words that you say after the race that you can take in a different way. You can [cause] some problems asking me these questions and not him. I don't see anything strange, just surprise, but [I am] not really worried."
